I’ve had a bit of a flurry working on new pages here – first up is a quick guide to help people who’ve always wondered about the difference between the UK and American versions of the game. So to give you a quick insight, I added an article – The Differences Between 90 Ball UK […]
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Rebranding Bingo – But What About The Blokes?
Well, out in Bingo land, it looks like the penny is starting to drop. The message is, attract a new audience or go under come the smoking ban. We’ve mentioned the National game’s rebranding before on this blog, but there’s more detail here on the £2m rebrand. Getting in on the game, there’s news that […]
200 Job Losses For Mecca Bingo
The oncoming smoking ban and decling position of Rank as a Bingo giant will see 200 jobs going across the UK in the Mecca Bingo chain. The 200 job losses are a premptive cut to ofset the UK wide smoking ban that will be coming into effect next year. Once again, I have to moan […]
Southend’s Mecca Bingo Hall Expands
News from Southend that the Greyhound Way Mecca Bingo Hall has been granted permission to add a casino, resturant and bar to the club by the local council. In return, Mecca have to improve the local bus stop and pay to improve local bus routes. Sounds like a great deal if you ask me!
Paisley Gets A New £3m Club
With fears of club closures in Scotland thanks to the smoking ban, Mecca is doing it’s bit to fight against the trend. It has just opened a massive 1000 seater club in Saucel Crescent, Paisley.
Historic Edinburgh Bingo Hall Set For Demolition
The Palais de Danse building in Edinburgh is now looking like it will be demolished. Mecca had been trying to get planning permission to update the site for a while now but have had previous submissions rejected. The current plans rely on their sister company Grosvenor Casinos getting a license to put Casino in it’s […]
Hi Tech Bingo Hall
Interesting, now this I’d like to visit. The Fountain Park Mecca Bingo club in Edinburgh has gone fully electronic. This has seen visitors double and revenue’s increase. ‘Bingo has not changed from a manual, pen and paper-based game in more than 500 years,’ said Mario Vilela, director of electronic gaming at Rank. ‘But with competition […]
Mayfair And Mecca Tussle Over Licenses
News that Mecca Bingo aren’t happy about competition from a rival chain in a neighbouring area (and who could blame them?). The Morden Mecca has filed a complaint against Mayfair’s plans to open a Bingo hall in Sutton. Mayfair Chief executive Simon Hannah believes it is just delaying tactics from Mecca, but the complaint has […]
Rank May Sell Off Prestige Casino
Rank, owners of the Mecca Bingo chain as well as a number of casinos and resturants are in discussion about selling off a prestigious casino from their portfolio – The Clermont Club. According to the article, the London casino is famed for its glamour, and for being a haunt of Lord Lucan. Approaches have been […]
UK Bingo News Round Up
A few stories popped up this last couple of days that I didn’t mention as I was heads down spending some dosh and reviewing Bingo sites for the review section. There’s now a review for Crown Bingo and Bingos UK if you’re looking for an insight into online bingo. A quick round up then of […]
